87 TODAY
TOMORROW, RAIN AND 80
FRIDAY, RAIN AND 76
SATURDAY, NO RAIN AND 75
SUNDAY, RAIN AND 81
IT IS ALMOST SUMMER AND EVERYONE WATCHES THE THERMOMETER
CLOSELY THESE DAYS.
HAD A GAS STATION AND SANG AT MANY FUNERALS. THANKS TO EARL
MAYBERRY WE HAD MANY GOOD WRESTLERS AT MAQUOKETA HIGH
SCHOOL.
LARRY HAGER, LONGTIME SIGN PAINTER IN MAQUOKETA, IS 94 TODAY AND
LIVES IN MARSHALLTOWN.
SUNDAY WILL BE A BUSY DAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THE 49TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOODCARVERS CONGRESS WILL BE HELD JUNE 13-21, WITH HEADQUARTERS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS PEARSON CENTER. SEMINARS WILL BE HELD JUNE 15 TO 20. NEW
THIS YEAR WILL BE CARICATURE CARVER DALE GREEN FROM UTAH.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO www.awcltd.org THEY HAVE HAD THEIR CONVENTION HERE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
AND SUNDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY AT 12:30 WILL OFFICIALLY RE-NAME THE SOCIETY'S MACHINE SHED, "THE ERGON PENNINGROTH MACHINE SHED" HONORING THE LATE LONGTIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEMBER AND VOLUNTEER. THEY HAVE ALSO COMPLETELY RE-DONE THE INSIDE. THEN AT 1:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE A PROGRM OUT BY THE RACE TRACK AND NEAR THE HORSE BARN THAT WILL UNVEIL THE SPECIAL HARNESS RACING
MEMORIAL TELLING ABOUT JACKSON COUNTY'S MOST FAMOUS HARNESS
RACING HORSE, AND BURIED NEAR THE RACE TRACK.
SPORTS: BOYS BASEBALL, WESTERN DUBUQUE TOOK A DH OVER THE
CARDINALS. THE CARDINALS ARE LOOKING THESE DAYS FOR ONLY THEIR 2ND WIN. IN GIRLS SOFTBALL, MAQUOKETA SPLIT A DOUBLE-HEADER
AGAINST WESTERN DUBUQUE.
MAQUOKETA IS BECOMING FAMOUS FOR HIGH SCHOOL TRAPSHOOTING
IN IOWA. MAQUOKETA CLAIMED THE STATE TITLE FOR THE THIRD
CONSECUTIVE YEAR. THIS YEAR, WE HAD TWO TEAMS. ONE TOOK
FIRST AND THE OTHER TOOK SECOND. HOW GOOD ARE THEY? WELL,
SAM FOWLER SCORED 197 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 200 TO CLAIM THE INDIVIDUAL TITLE. MOST OF MAQUOKETA'S SHOOTERS GREW UP ON A FARM AND HAVE BEEN SHOOTING SINCE WE COULD WALK, SAID
SAM. MAQUOKETA WILLL WILL DEFEND ITS NATIONAL TITLE NEXT MONTH
AT SPARTA, ILLINOIS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY